Understanding Evo-Devo

Understanding Evo-Devo

Arthur, Wallace

Cambridge University Press

05/2021

206

Mole

Inglês

9781108819466

15 a 20 dias

240

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is evo-devo and why is it important?; 2. Antecedents of evo-devo; 3. Evolutionary and developmental essentials; 4. Evo-devo essentials; 5. The evolution of variations on a theme; 6. The evolutionary origins of themes and novelties; 7. The evolutionary origins of body plans; 8. Body plan features and toolkit genes; 9. Bringing it all together; Concluding remarks; Summary of common misunderstandings; References; Index.
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body plan; coadaptation; developmental bias; developmental constraint; developmental gene; evo-devo; evolutionary novelty; evolutionary synthesis; evolvability; gene co-option; generalization in science; heterochrony; homeobox; homology; modularity; morphospace; natural selection; neo-Darwinism; phenotypic plasticity; phylotypic stage; toolkit genes